A very unusual and rare variety of ornamental, 'Coral Sun' is a deciduous tree that produces dazzling red shoots in spring with red-toned, fern-like leaves that transform through orange to light green while still keeping their red stems. In summer, Coral Sun produces golden-yellow panicles of flowers, giving rise to its other common name of the golden rain tree, before turning vibrant yellow and orange with red, lantern-shaped fruits in autumn. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Also known as the Pride of India, Coral Sun is fully hardy, tolerant of drought and pollution and it's easy to grow, thriving in all soils with the best colours developing when it is planted in a sunny, sheltered spot and given plenty of organic matter. Supplied as a dormant bare root plant ready for immediate planting, Coral Sun will grow to 4m x 3m in 10 years, ultimately reaching 12m x 8m so does need room to spread.
Thanks to some fantastic hybridising at one of Holland's leading cut flowers Alstroemeria breeders, we are delighted to offer this amazing variety to UK gardeners. It combines the impressive high flower count needed for commercial growers, with a strong and robust garden habit, being just 60cm (2ft) tall, and forming big perennial clumps. 'Indian Summer' has a lovely unique strong bronze purple tinge to the foliage which sets off the gorgeous flame-coloured flowers to a tee! The good news is you can enjoy this impressive floral display for even longer as they just keep flowering all Summer, new buds emerging all the time well into Autumn. They're perfect for long lasting displays in pots or mixed borders. Naturally hardy to about -7C, they will survive most UK winters in well drained spots and emerge bigger and bolder year after year. Very easy and low maintenance - just beware slugs on new Spring growth! Supplied as 3 x jump plugs, ready to pot on and plant out.
Sweet William 'Indian Carpet' will brighten up any garden with their cheery colours though spring and summer - they're the perfect choice for bringing extra colour to gardens when the main flowering season is well and truly over. An easy to grow hardy perennial, the Sweet William is a classic cottage-garden plant, and this modern variety produces masses of colourful, fragrant blooms. Best planted in autumn, you will get flowers when all else is fading, and they will continue to flower from spring and into summer. With an abundance of star-shaped, frilly flowers and a delicate scent, Dianthus are versatile, easy to grow and as Indian Carpet is compact, they are great in pots and containers as well as in beds and borders. You won't need to spend hours in the garden tending to these Dianthus, simply plant, water and grow! Supplied as a pack of 20 Garden-Ready plants to be planted straight out.
Clematis 'Star of India' is a vigorous cultivar that will bring a touch of the exotic to your garden. The plant was named for it's distinct marking of a deep red stripe running from the tip to the base of each petal set against a velvety purple background. Ideally you'll need to place 'Star of India' in a partially shaded part of the garden, as the full sun will fade the luscious petals. Wild Clematis originate in China, and some cultivars were developed in Japan, from where they were first shipped to Europe in the 18th Century. Clematis 'Star of India' is a great clematis for gardens containing Azaleas and Rhododendrons as the colours will set each other off beautifully. All that's required is that you cut the stems back to almost ground level each year and it It is very easy to maintain and can be cut back to almost ground level at the end of the season and it will emerge again the following year to delight you all over again. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 1m (3'). Pruning group: 3.
With striking fiery coloured flowers from June to November, this compact and hardy peruvian lily is an ideal specimen for a patio container. The rich bronze foliage makes the perfect backdrop to the flowers, highlighting their glowing colour. Height: 70cm (28). Spread: 60cm (24). Supplied as jumbo plug plants.
This versatile Sweet William is generally grown as a biennial or short-lived perennial to create a carpet of summer flowers in the following year. However, it can be grown as an annual from an early sowing, producing flowers in just 10 weeks! Dianthus barbatus 'Indian Carpet' is a low growing, well branched variety which is sweetly fragrant, with a fabulous colour mix.
The trumpet vine or trumpet creeper Campsis x tagliabuana 'Indian Summer' might look exotic and tropical, but is incredibly easy to grow. It simply needing a south-facing wall to climb, or a sheltered pergola to creep over - or why not try growing it in our unique Tower Pot? for a stunning display.
A really useful plant to fill a gap in your border. It has plumes of feathery flowers and a superb orange coloured stems in autumn.
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A stunning dwarf selection of the ever popular Empress of India. Compact bushy plants have attractive small dark foliage and a mass of deep red flowers that sit neatly above the bronze foliage. Easy to grow, and will create a free-flowering summer display in borders or containers. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in).